Total Crime Rate
14.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bembridge Street area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 60th lowest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bembridge Street (BN2 3LN) in the last 12 months was 14.6 per 1,000 residents and was 76.9% lower than the Hanover & Elm Grove average (62.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Bicycle theft with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -87.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -88.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bembridge Street (BN2 3LN), the main crime hotspot is near Inverness Road. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 56 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hanover & Elm Grove| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fairlight Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Melbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ewhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Ewhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ewhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Melbourne Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Melbourne Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wellington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Riley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Riley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Riley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Newmarket Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Newmarket Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Elm Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Franklin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Inverness Road | Under investigation |
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